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Show THE ROCK-A-BY LADY. (Bv Eugene Field.) The Rock-a-By Lady . from Hush-a-By street Comes stealing; comes creeping; The poppies they hang from her head to her feet. And she hath a dream that is tiny and fleet-She fleet-She bringeth her poppies to you, my sweett When she findeth you sleeping! There Is one little dream of a beautiful drum "Rub-a-dub !" it goeth; There is one little dream of a big sugar plum. And, lo! thick and fast the other dreams come Of popguns that bang and tin tops that hum. And a trmupet that bloweth! And dollies peeped out of those wee little dreams -..' With laughter and singing; And boats go a-floating on silvery streams, ' And the stars peek-a-boo with their own misty gleams, And up, up and up where the Mother Moon beams - . ' - The fairies go winging.! Would you dream all these dreams that are tiny and fleet? They'll come to you sleeping: So shut the two eyes that re weary, my For jthe lock-a-By Lady from Hush-a-By street, . - ' With poppies that hang from her head to her feet. Comes stealing, comes ' creeping. - |